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Six example sentences with chagrin, each labelled with its topic.
To the chef's chagrin, the souffle collapsed just as the photographer arrived to shoot the cover of the menu.
Cooking
Much to the founder's chagrin, the live demo failed on the one screen every investor in the room was watching.
Startups
To the ambassador's chagrin, his private letter was read aloud at the conference and printed in the papers next morning.
History
To the coach's chagrin, his players ignored the set play and hoisted a three with twenty seconds still on the clock.
Basketball
To her chagrin, the whole roll came back blank because the film had never caught on the camera's spool.
Photography
Much to the team's chagrin, the result vanished the moment another lab repeated the experiment with fresh samples.
Science
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